Thanks so much for posting this article, Quinn! He sounds like the biggest geek. Of course, I mean that in the best way possible.
Favorite lines:
To find the rhythm you have to "be" the producer. It's very Zen: Listen to Trebek's suavely intonated voice, and when he finishes, wait a beat, then buzz.
Fail, and you'll buzz in too soon, which blocks you from trying again for a fraction of a second. In "Jeopardy!" that's an eternity.
I was playing against Bartiromo, a business-news anchor for CNBC, and Mfume, a former congressman who is now president of the NAACP.
Nice people, but I wanted to crush them.
LMAO!
Flush with cash and feeling manically magnanimous, I tried to tell him and Bartiromo my secret. "Ignore the lights," I said. "Focus on finding the rhythm."
They looked at me like I was taking this way too seriously.
He's so freaking cute!
It was a rush. Endorphins, serotonin, adrenaline -- "Jeopardy!" gets all the body's chemicals bubbling.
I love the way he wrote this part! The answer...what he was feeling...back to another answer. Great pacing that's actually making me feel like I'm the one playing the game. Woo-hoo!
I know this is the point where I'm supposed to say that it was nice just to be able to raise money for charity, and while that is certainly true, it was also great to win.
Shallow, I know, but there it is.
At least he's honest.
Coming down off the "Jeopardy!" high is hard. For days afterward I'd find myself telling random strangers I'd won "Jeopardy!"
"Why don't you print it on your business card?" one friend joked, but the truth is I'd already considered it.
*Crying* That is hilarious! My love for Anderson Cooper has just grown.
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quinn222 at 09:36am on 11/10/2005
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Favorite lines:
To find the rhythm you have to "be" the producer. It's very Zen: Listen to Trebek's suavely intonated voice, and when he finishes, wait a beat, then buzz.
Fail, and you'll buzz in too soon, which blocks you from trying again for a fraction of a second. In "Jeopardy!" that's an eternity.
I was playing against Bartiromo, a business-news anchor for CNBC, and Mfume, a former congressman who is now president of the NAACP.
Nice people, but I wanted to crush them.
LMAO!
Flush with cash and feeling manically magnanimous, I tried to tell him and Bartiromo my secret. "Ignore the lights," I said. "Focus on finding the rhythm."
They looked at me like I was taking this way too seriously.
He's so freaking cute!
It was a rush. Endorphins, serotonin, adrenaline -- "Jeopardy!" gets all the body's chemicals bubbling.
I love the way he wrote this part! The answer...what he was feeling...back to another answer. Great pacing that's actually making me feel like I'm the one playing the game. Woo-hoo!
I know this is the point where I'm supposed to say that it was nice just to be able to raise money for charity, and while that is certainly true, it was also great to win.
Shallow, I know, but there it is.
At least he's honest.
Coming down off the "Jeopardy!" high is hard. For days afterward I'd find myself telling random strangers I'd won "Jeopardy!"
"Why don't you print it on your business card?" one friend joked, but the truth is I'd already considered it.
*Crying* That is hilarious! My love for Anderson Cooper has just grown.
This was brilliant. Thanks again! :-)
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